Dr Who

(15-03-2024 21:30 )Doddle Wrote:  Back in May, apparently

Yep May 11th I believe

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Season 1 Trailer

https://youtu.be/QoyV65HoRFA?si=Ua-r1JzDyJJ_c7JD

Another trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0NcVijCQeo

Also the 8 episode titles are confirmed, as is the tells-its-own-story fact that showrunner RTD is writing 6 of those episodes.

If you weren't a Midnight premiere type, the two episodes are on BBC1 this evening.

Quote:Season 1 Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoyV65Ho...p714AaABAgpORn

They're doing a butterfly effect episode! It's surprising we haven't gotten one so direct before in my knowledge. I've seen every episode of Doctor Who ever besides from most of the missing ones

I said, " It's surprising we haven't gotten one so direct before." We have had the idea of the butterfly effect in Doctor Who plenty of times, but never one so direct as in the entire course of human evolution changed. A very bradbarian way to go about it

So far

The Good: Ncuti Gatwa could be a great Doctor, a genuinely new take but still the Doctor. Millie Gibson, maybe a bit generic so far, but has already very good chemistry with Ncuti for a pleasing duo. The new Disney budget really does show through at times.

The Bad: The writing. Camp can be good if done well and awful when not. Space Babies was terrible, kind of a bad camp tribute to Ark In Space on a far better budget (which didn't quite work for babies CGI). The Devil's Chord not as bad, but as with the Giggle, the potential of the big bad was rather wasted in the end. And I'm not a fan of this new TARDIS crashing through arrival effect.

The Ugly: A Russell T Davies now seemingly totally off the leash. Responsible for both good and bad but the latter outweighs the former. A show runner who needs to trust the writing to better writers. He's clearly aiming for new audiences with this new Disney deal, and not too bothered with the old, but what he could get away with in 2005 I don't think will work now. New audiences have better written sci-fi especially on streaming platforms nowadays and don't need their intelligence insulted.

Moffat's episode is up next, so I live and hope for continued improvement

Behind the scene pics from the next season:

New Character Posters

I've watched the first one. It was kind of OK.